Vasculitis is a general term for diseases that cause inflammation in the blood vessels
themselves. Table 1 shows the 2012 revised version of Chapel Hill Consensus Conference …

Critical limb ischemia (CLI) constitutes the most severe form of peripheral arterial disease
(PAD), it is characterized by progressive blockade of arterial vessels, commonly correlated …

BACKGROUND: Angiogenic cell therapy by intramuscular injection of autologous bone
marrow mononuclear cells was first attempted in patients with peripheral artery disease …

Background—Stromal cell–derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) is implicated as a chemokine for
endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). We therefore hypothesized that SDF-1α gene transfer …

As the incidence of diabetes mellitus is increasing globally, complications related to this
endocrine disorder are also mounting. Because of the large number of patients, foot ulcers …

Background There have been a number of recent reports on the use of autologous bone
marrow implantation (BMI) in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease, with a clinical …

Background Implantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells, including endothelial
progenitor cells, into ischemic limbs has been shown to improve collateral vessel formation …

Background—Injection of bone marrow mononuclear cells has been reported to promote
neovascularization of ischemic tissues effectively. We found that peripheral blood …

Cytokines and growth factors are key regulators of immune activation, vascular alteration
and excessive production of extracellular matrix which are hallmark events in the …

Patients with critically ischemic limbs due to maintenance hemodialysis and diabetes are
increasing in number markedly in Japan. The difficulty of treating critically ischemic limbs is …